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Childhood obesity is a severe health condition that is on the rise. According to research, in the last 40 years, childhood obesity has increased four times! It is now estimated that approximately 18% of children from the ages of 6 to 19 are overweight.

The latest statistics on childhood obesity are pretty alarming, according to which 16 percent of children and adolescents whose ages stand six to nineteen are already overweight, while more from this age group are told to be at the verge of growing heaviness to the extent of calling it undesirable. Obesity in the said age group has thus taken up the pace of an epidemic, causing health experts to show serious concern towards it.

Our young people today are getting more figure-conscious. Thanks to the constant exposure to television...

Most everyone is aware of the obesity fact that two-thirds of the American population is overweight and one-third of those individuals are obese. These statistics are for both children and adults according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). And while most everyone is aware of the ways to lose weight through old fashioned calorie restriction and increased activity, most people may be unaware that this strategy is best for adults but not for children.